Types of Renewable Energy

Wind Energy

Quite often especially during our childhood days, we have read about windmills. Some of the developed nations are already using modernized iterations of these windmills.
I would like to provide an insight into the underlying technology is simple terms. There are plenty of corporations, which specialize in harnessing the windows to generate power.
Besides opening up a new employment arena for the unemployed, these procedures ensure the best utilization of a consistent and never-ending natural resource according to
various environmental engineers and scientists.

Most of the commoners do not realize that the effects of the sun cause winds. In simpler terms, wind energy is effectively solar energy! Allow me to explain the concept.
The earth experiences moderate to high levels of sunlight throughout the year. The warmth included in the rays of the sun will heat up the medium through which it traverses
- i.e. the atmosphere. This will lead to the creation of high pressure and low-pressure regions - the flow of air is the consequence - which causes winds. Winds travel
across long distances across the oceans and eventually gather momentum. All these processes are taking place across various parts of the globe as you are reading this article.

In order to convert the kinetic energy present in these winds, we will have to use a wind turbine. It is a fan-like mechanism, which contains precisely positioned blades.
Professionals spend considerable time monitoring the wind patterns before finalizing their designs. An appropriately placed wind turbine will rotate when winds fall on the
blade's surface. This process converts the kinetic energy of the wind to mechanical energy (the rotation of the blades). This resultant form of energy can be converted to
electrical energy with the aid of generators. These turbines are usually placed in groups and are collectedly termed as wind farms.

An appropriate collection system (used for clustering the power generated by the wind turbines) must be present. These systems are calibrated expertly because the flow of
wind across the wind farm might not be consistent at all the times. As a rule, a substation will be present near the wind farm - this substation will take care of the final
transmission and distribution processes. One can come across wind farms in many nations across the globe, especially in European Union countries. This is one of the best methods
to utilize renewable energy to generate electric power for the benefit of a community.

What are the advantages of wind energy as a renewable source of energy? Firstly, the absence of environmental pollution makes it an ideal candidate for power generation purposes.
The conventional systems include mechanisms that emit high concentration of carbon-enriched byproducts. Critics cite issues such as the noise generated by the wind farms and the
obstruction to the free movement of birds. Regardless of the disadvantages, the installed capacity of wind energy systems is always on the rise in various parts of the globe.
The poisonous agents produced by the conventional kinds of fossil fuels will alter the entire ecosystem - this is virtually absent from wind energy systems.